As the last debates in the U.S. Senate fade away and President Rouhani receives a hero’s welcome in the UN, it is worthwhile to note the new alliances the U.S. has formed in the wake of this “New middle East.” Chief amongst them is NIAC, the National Iranian American Council,...
"מישהו החליט לחסל את שירות החוץ הישראלי" תקף אריה דנון, אחד מחמישה סמנכ"לים במשרד החוץ, בדיון סגור ומודלף בוועדת המשנה לענייני חוץ בוועדת החוץ והביטחון של הכנסת. "פוגרום", גרס אביגדור ליברמן, לשעבר השר הממונה. וכך, בעוד שאיראן למשל מפעילה 163 שגרירויות, ישראל מפעילה רק מאה ושומרת את הדיפלומטים המנוסים שלה בבניין המטה...
Happy to enclose a recent opportunity to share some of my recent work on the Syrian and Kurdish issues at Voice of Israel Radio. You will find original audio file link here VOI's Daniel Seaman and Daniela Traub are joined in-studio by Dr. Nir Boms, an expert on Syria, Iraq...
Una jornada después de unos comicios legislativos en los que el votante estadounidense parece haber puesto en tela de juicio al Presidente y su iniciativa, el Wall Street Journal apuntaba la primicia de que el Presidente Obama habría remitido una misiva secreta al ayatolá Jamenei, líder supremo de la República...
A day after mid-term election in which American voters appeared to have challenged the President and its leadership, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that President Obama sent a secret letter to Ayatollah Khamenei, Islamic Regime's supreme leader. This was apparently the fourth letter in a series of secret...
A recent interview about the social media wars published at the Tribune (with the international New York Times). Social media & global conflicts: #BinaryBattles By Vasiq Eqbal / Creative: MOHSIN ALAM War and conflict is no longer limited to battlefields. Every battle on the ground — whether it is for...
by Nir Boms and Shayan Arya Gatestone Institute Although physically weak from recent routine prostate surgery, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, emerged smiling from his hospital bed -- and for a good reason. He has never been stronger. From Syria to Iraq, from Tehran to Gaza and UN headquarters...
Glad to have caught a Greek translation to the latest article on Israel and the Syrian Dilemma. ελευταία ανανέωση | 28 Σεπ. 2014. Original here Από την κατάρρευση του σοβιετικού μπλοκ και έπειτα, οι διεθνείς σχέσεις ανασυντίθενται γύρω από συμφέροντα που δεν είναι πάντα ξεκάθαρα. Οι στρατηγικές συμμαχίες γίνονται πιο...
There are more than 150,000 'documented' deaths in the civil war. The real number is likely much higher Wall Street Journal They arrive every day, the body counts from Syria, consistent and painful: 141, 201, 152, 81 (a lucky day, that last one). But somewhere along the way we stopped...
Nir Boms and Asaf Hazani.Middle East Online Israelis have used a variety of terms to describe the past few years’ events in the Arab world, reflecting how different actors have perceived the changes. What began as an “Arab spring” grew into a dangerous “radical Islamic winter”; and as Israel’s leaders...